A recent study by experts analyzes the comparative behavior of young people on Metros and Mini Metros for the use of their smartphones.
The Indian Cities Classification included a classification system used by the Government of India. The previous classification of cities was changed from A-1 to X, A, B-1 and B-2 to Y and C and cities not classified to Z. X, Y and Z are more commonly known as Tier-1, Tier – 2 and Tier 3 cities respectively.
Level 1 or meter cities as we call them are Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune.
Tier 2 or Mini metro class cities are Agra, Ajmer, Aligarh, Allahabad, Amravati, Amritsar, Asansol, Aurangabad, Bareilly, Belgaum, Bhavnagar, Bhiwandi, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Bikaner, Bokunaro Steel City, Chandigarh, Coimradabatore, Cuttradack, Dhanbad, Durg-Bhilai Nagar, Durgapur, Erode, Faridabad, Firozabad, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Gulbarga, Guntur, Gurgaon, Guwahati, Gwalior, Hubli-Dharwad, Indore, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jalandhar, Kannaghanspur, Kannaghanspur, Kannaghanspur, Kannaghanspur, Kannaghanspur , Kakinada, Kochi, Kolhapur, Kollam, Kota, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Madurai, Malappuram, Malegaon, Mangalore, Meerut, Moradabad, Mysore, Nagpur, Nanded-Waghala, Nashida, Nellore, Pondicherry, Raipur, Rajkot, Rajahmundry, Ran , Rourkela, Salem, Sangli, Siliguri, Solapur, Srinagar, Surat, Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchirappalli, Tiruppur, Tirupati, Ujjain, Vadodara, Varanasi, Vasai-Virar City, Vijakaynamada and Warangaypatada.
According to a survey conducted by TCS in the cities mentioned above, in the year 2014-15, a whopping 72 percent of high school students and above owned smartphones (compared to just 40 percent in 2011-12).
Of these young people in metropolitan areas, they have been using smartphones for quite some time and had become used to using mobile applications in addition to the usual social media and communication applications. Hence, the time they spend on the mobile is already busy.
Mini-meter youth, on the other hand, have recently acquired smartphones and are quickly getting into the habit of these apps, it is easier to introduce more productive apps and mobile-based e-learning to this demographic as they move on. time on mobile. it is largely unoccupied today.
An engaging and interactive online learning activity is more adaptable to this group of young people. The most important requirement for an application of this type that can offer e-learning is that it must capture the attention of students in a fun way along with imparting knowledge and added value to its mobile use.
Search is trying to reach this segment of young people using all its channels to expose them to e-learning and digital education. Various methods employed by them are free-standing kiosks, special training for educators, and assistance in making the infrastructure for creating digital content and course material available.